A Hip Hop Hall of Fame is coming to Harlem in 2017

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The Hip Hop Hall of Fame is going to be built and is set to open its doors in Harlem in 2017. It will have various items from hip-hop history like posters, equipment, and entire wardrobes. Some wardrobes donated by artist like Salt-N-Pepa, Run-DMC, Young Jeezy and Common. The former producers of BET’s “Hip-Hop Hall of Fame Awards Show” known simply as JT Thompson is going to be the organizer of the Museums entertainment committee. The project is said to cost $80 million with $50 million of that being raised by crowd sourcing. They hope that this Museum shows people the positive side to hip-hop and not all the negativity.

Iggy Azalea responds to Azealia Banks on twitter about her Hot 97 interview

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Iggy and Banks have been going at each other for a while now but after Banks had an emotional interview with Hot 97 radio Iggy fired back at her via twitter. Below are tweets from Iggy after she heard about and maybe even watched Azealia Banks interview.

 

 

 

 

Nicki Minaj’s ex-boyfriend Safaree Samuels thinks Meek Mills ruined relationship

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Recently having broken up with her boyfriend of 12 years Nicki Minaj is rumored to be involved with Meek Mill now. Tmz is now reporting that Safaree has been telling his friends that he has been having suicidal thoughts after the break up.  “He’s become a shut-in, spends days and nights smoking weed, and has talked openly about suicide,” Tmz wrote. “Safaree is telling friends he won’t get in touch with Nicki because she’s now hooked up with Meek Mill. He says it’s torture for him, because he believes Meek Mill destroyed his relationship with Nicki over false claims he cheated.”

Nas makes comparisons between the U.S. and the apartheid-era in South Africa

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In an interview with Time magazine, Nas talked about the state of the U.S. as of today after the deaths of Mike Brown, Eric Garner, and others. Nas said the current climate of the country is like how it was during the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. Also he said it is not okay for the country to look like “apartheid South Africa.” Nas added “We may have read about the Civil Rights [movement], but you didn’t live it, you may have read about lynchings in Mississippi and Alabama, but you didn’t live through it. It was before this generation’s time, before my time. Now you get to see it. Something that’s always been going on. Something that’s been going on entirely too long. It’s not cool to look like apartheid South Africa [in] 1988. How are we going to be the free world or the most powerful country when inside this country we’re fighting because of skin color? That’s just embarrassing. I’m one of the guys that’s out there saying, ‘Listen, it has to stop.’” Nas spoke a little more about the subject adding “It’s important that every time I see a black child I look him or her in the eyes and I say ‘This is your world. You’re a king or you’re a queen,’ everything else is telling them that they were slaves. It’s important that they know history for black children doesn’t start in this great country. It started in the world’s first civilization on that continent they call Africa. A lot of whites are very ignorant about American history. Lots of black people are upset with themselves because they have hatred towards themselves because they’re too dark or they’re this or they’re too that. And there’s a lot of healing that needs to come onto this country. America, we are really smart enough to figure it out, but I guess it’s safer to hang out and be ignorant, and be hateful, and think that one person is better than the other.”

Bobby Shmurda was allegedly caught with $52k worth of crack

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Bobby Shmurda and his GS9 crew are in deep now as we know they were arrested just the other day but now all the details of the reasoning are beginning to surface. An inside source on the case has revealed that they officially found “$52,000 worth of crack which is 262 grams, a pound of marijuana, $40k in cash, 3 guns, and 1 AR-15 rifle. With all this evidence stacked up against Bobby and his crew Shmurdas attorney, Howard Greenburg, says that the rapper is innocent.

Battle rapper Cassidy claims to be getting a $500,000 offer for an upcoming battle

Cassidy recently battled Dizaster at “Ether” in Los Angeles earlier this month where a lot of people feel he showed that he is still one of the best battle rappers. Now Cassidy is saying that he is getting an offer of $500,000 to battle. In an interview with BattleRap.com Cass says “I call myself Mr. Chicken, niggas hear me talking this chicken talk so they think the only reason I battled was for the money. Nah, I battled ’cause that’s what I love to do. That’s the cloth I’m cut from. But, at the end of the day, I feel I’m an established enough artist to get paid for what I do. Even though I like to go to the clubs and party, before I put an album out or anything I used to go to the club to party and have to pay to get into the club. Now, when I go to the club to party, people gotta pay me to come do what I love to do ’cause I’m me. I feel it’s the same thing with this battle shit. Niggas gotta pay me.”

Bobby Shmurda and his GS9 members arrested

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At Quad Studios, the infamous studio that 2Pac was shot the first time at, Bobby Shmurda and members of his GS9 group were arrested. Police confiscated many weapons from the studio. Back in June Bobby was arrested for another gun possession so if this new charge is added he could be looking at some hard time. “These arrests were the result of a long-term investigation. My office has a sealed indictment against a number of individuals. The investigation did involve a number of violent incidents as well as narcotics trafficking.” said the director of public information about the situation. There is also a video that surfaced of the crew being lead out of the studio by cops in cuffs.

 

Hopsin quits rap and moves to Australia

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Hopsin has always voiced his opinions of the music industry and rap but he usually chilled out after a while and got back to making his music. Yesterday Hopsin took to his facebook page and wrote “I just wanted to take time out to say I appreciate all of u who have supported my music over these past few years. A Lot of u have told me stories about how I have changed your life. You too have changed mine in ways that u can never imagine. Unfortunately, tonight is the night that I am actually moving away to Australia. Over the past couple years I have come to conclusion that this profession just isn’t for me, so im going to venture out into new areas of life. I will always be an MC at heart, but this rap stuff just isn’t for me. I hope Youguys can respect it. I’ve signed over my half of the funk volume label to my business partner Dame. I also wished Swizzz, Dizzy Wright and Jarren Benton good luck in their careers. Thank u all! I’m out.” It is assumed that he chose Australia to live with his Australian girlfriend.

50 Cent has closed an underwear brand deal for $78 million

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50 Cent has just closed a deal with underbrand Frigo RevolutionWear for a huge $78 million. 50 made sure to let all his fans know via his instagram account and also touched on the subject while on Seth Meyers’ late night show. The underwear will sell for $100 a pack so it looks like 50 Cent is never stopping with his business ventures and it seems to really be working out for him.

Fabolous says that he could of signed to G-Unit in ’05 or ‘06

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Fabolous signed to Def Jam in 2006 sending his career to new levels and he recognizes that he could have taken a totally different path. While in an interview with Hot 97 Fab talked about rejecting G-Unit around the same time.  When asked if he feels like he has made any mistakes in his brand he said responded with “Not really. I think everything that’s happened to this point has happened for a reason. I could’ve signed to G-Unit in ’05 or ’06 and I may be in a different place than I am today, or I could’ve stayed at Interscope when they fired Clue… So the things I’ve done in my career have led me to the place that I am now.”